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One of the displaced, Abdulali al-Rajihi, said the Houthis "told us: 'Leave, scatter, you have half an hour'".

From Barron's ● Sep. 12, 2026

Clarke says the effect can be made even cosier by pairing lighting with soft furnishings, such as floor-to-ceiling curtains and scatter cushions in different colours and patterns.

From BBC ● Aug. 26, 2026

Those stars do not simply scatter in every direction.

From Science Daily ● Aug. 24, 2026

Desperate for any advantage, the Night Court’s Inner Circle must scatter far and wide to face emerging past enemies and salvage Prythian’s fragile peace.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 18, 2026

The waving stems scatter papery white moths, who go down again to hide in the dark grasses.

From "What the Night Sings" by Vesper Stamper

Another, in a blue tunic that echoes the sky, scatters wheat seeds in the new furrows.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 29, 2026

"These measurements are extremely difficult because carbon is a small and lightweight atom. It scatters very few X-rays, so the signal we needed to measure was quite faint."

From Science Daily ● Aug. 20, 2026

"This atomic disorder limits performance because it traps and scatters electrons, much like potholes slowing traffic on a highway," describes Dr. Dongqi Li from TU Dresden.

From Science Daily ● Apr. 4, 2026

This is because the sunlight it reflects reaches us through a more dense part of the Earth's atmosphere which scatters blue and violet light, and means only the redder hues reach us.

From BBC ● Mar. 29, 2026

Yolanda wanting me to be nice to Tyler scatters and whirls around me like a pile of brown and orange leaves.

From "A Good Kind of Trouble" by Lisa Moore Ramée

According to the death certificate, Mackie was cremated on Sept. 17, and his ashes were scattered off San Diego.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 14, 2026

Pori, through his real-estate firm Kingsbarn Realty Capital, wants to build something similar to what Hazel Green Ranch’s former owner had proposed: a 150-room lodge and cabins scattered around the meadow’s perimeter.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 10, 2026

Whilst scattered showers will affect the north-west on Wednesday, a spell of more prolonged rain is expected in eastern England - good news for areas that saw very little rain over the past month.

From BBC ● Oct. 6, 2026

The region's largest settlement was home to the Tocobaga, while smaller Mocoso, Pohoy, and Uzita chiefdoms were scattered nearby.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 6, 2026

We freeze, eyes wide, staring at our operation notes scattered across the floor.

From "The Bletchley Riddle" by Ruta Sepetys and Steve Sheinkin

"X-ray scattering mostly sees atoms that are rich with electrons, and so the proton is not seen directly," she said.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 6, 2026

Additional experiments using isotopic labeling and neutron scattering showed how the structure of the starting polymer influences the resulting fuel.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 21, 2026

The agency said federal regulations allow sunroofs to be made with tempered glass, which must break into gravel-like pieces, or laminated glass, where pieces stay stuck to a plastic interlayer instead of scattering.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 30, 2026

Sunlight passing through the Earth's atmosphere is scattered, with shorter blue wavelengths scattering more easily, while more of the longer wavelength red light reach the Moon.

From BBC ● Aug. 25, 2026

I didn’t answer, because right then Nyame strode forward, his golden robes absorbing the light and scattering it across the beach like a million pieces of glass.

From "Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky" by Kwame Mbalia